David Topper
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 964081 |
|---|---|
| NOME | David Topper |
| PRENOMES | David |
| SOBRENOME | Topper |
| ASSINATURA | TOPPER D |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Winnipeg |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 52 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 28 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 52 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1972 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2004 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Leonardo Reviews
June 01 2004 Giants of Delft: Johannes Vermeer and the Natural Philosophers: The Parallel Search for Knowledge During the Age of Discovery Giants of Delft: Johannes Vermeer and the Natural Philosophers: The Parallel Search for Knowledge During the Age of Discovery by Robert D.Huerta. Bucknell Univ. Press, New Jersey, U.S.A., 2003. 156 pp., illus. ISBN: 0-8387-5538-0. David Topper David Topper University of Winnipeg. E-mail: [email protected]…
Leonardo Reviews
February 01 2004 The Ambassadors' Secret: Holbein and the World of the Renaissance The Ambassadors' Secret: Holbein and the World of the Renaissance by JohnNorth. Hambledon and London, London, U.K., and New York, U.S.A., 2002. 346 pp., illus. ISBN 1-85285-330-1. David Topper David Topper University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3B 2E9 Canada. E-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scho…
Leonardo Reviews
August 01 2003 The Scientific Temper: An Anthology of Stories on Matters of Science The Scientific Temper: An Anthology of Stories on Matters of Science by Anthony R.Michaelis. Universitätsverlag C. Winter, Heidelberg, Germany, 2001. 598 pp., illus. ISBN: 3-8253-1229-1. David Topper David Topper the University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB R3B 2E9 Canada. E-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Googl…
Leonardo Reviews
August 01 2001 Observing the Moon: The Modern Astronomer's Guide Observing the Moon: The Modern Astronomer's Guide by GeraldNorth. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, U.K., 2000. 356 pp., illus. $39.95. ISBN: 0-521-62274-3. David Topper David Topper Univ. of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB R3B 2E9, Canada. E-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information David Topper Univ. of Winni…
On Anamorphosis
Recently there has been a revival of anamorphic imagery, notably in its use as a metaphor by postmodern theorists. But often, discussions of anamorphosis are confused, and even wrong. In this article, the author not only focuses upon correcting these errors, but also analyzes our perception of anamorphic images, since there is a dearth of such in the literature. The resulting discussion points out aspects of how we see anamorphs that have never b…
Galileo, Sunspots, and the Motions of the Earth
In the Third Day of the Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (1632), Galileo presents an argument for the motion of the earth based on the annual motion of sunspots. Presented in a rather obscure and seemingly unorganized manner, this demonstration has been the source of much confusion and debate. Two key writings are Arthur Koestler's attack on Galileo's integrity, based on his reading of the proof as a piece of sophistry, and A. Mark…
Painting the Heavens
The Platypus and the Mermaid
"The Platypus and the Mermaid: And Other Figments of the Classifying Imagination, by Harriet Ritvo." Canadian Journal of History, 33(1), pp. 151–152
Trajectories of Blood
"Comment on "Computer Graphics for the Analysis of Perspective in Visual Art
Three Cultures
The Science Question in Feminism
"Comment on "Behaviorism, Causality and Cybernetics
Art after Modernism
The waning of the century-old modernist movement in the arts has called forth an array of artistic and critical responses. The 25 essays in this text provide a survey of the most provocative directions taken by art and criticism in the postmodern age. Recent directions in paintings, film, video and photograhy are explored, alongside visual artists' work with mass-media systems and imagery. The dynamics of the social network in which art is produc…
Newton on the number of colours in the spectrum
Response to Paul Hartal
The Physicist as Artist
Expressionism: A Critical Record David Shapiro and Cecile Shapiro, eds. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, U.K., 1990. 456 pp., illus. Paper, $16.95. ISBN: 0-521-36733-6
Gardner's Whys and Wherefores
The Parallel Fallacy
Journal Article THE PARALLEL FALLACY: ON COMPARING ART AND SCIENCE Get access David Topper David Topper Department of History, University of Winnipeg515 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9, Canada Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 30, Issue 4, October 1990, Pages 311–317, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjaesthetics/30.4.311 Published: 01 October 1990
The Brush and the Compass
Iconology
Thematic Origins of Scientific Thought
The Advancement of Science and Its Burdens
In this book Professor Holton continues his analysis of how modem science works and what its influences are on our world, with particular emphasis on the role of the thematic elements - those often unconscious presuppositions that guide scientific work to success or failure. The foundation of the book is provided by the author's research on the work of Albert Einstein, which is then contrasted with other styles of research in the advancement of s…
The Natural Sciences and the Arts
The Golden Relationship
The Science Question in Feminism
On Creativity and Discovery in the Fine Arts and in the Natural Sciences
On Anamorphosis
Recently there has been a revival of anamorphic imagery, notably in its use as a metaphor by postmodern theorists. But often, discussions of anamorphosis are confused, and even wrong. In this article, the author not only focuses upon correcting these errors, but also analyzes our perception of anamorphic images, since there is a dearth of such in the literature. The resulting discussion points out aspects of how we see anamorphs that have never b…
Newton on the number of colours in the spectrum
The Parallel Fallacy
Journal Article THE PARALLEL FALLACY: ON COMPARING ART AND SCIENCE Get access David Topper David Topper Department of History, University of Winnipeg515 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9, Canada Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 30, Issue 4, October 1990, Pages 311–317, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjaesthetics/30.4.311 Published: 01 October 1990
Art in the realist ontology of J. J. Gibson
On Interpreting Pictorial Art
Using J. J. Gibson’s article The Information Available in Pictures published in Leonardo as a point of departure, the author analyzes three hypotheses of pictorial art: (1) the visual, (2) the symbolic and (3) Gibson’s invariants hypothesis. Through a study of the first two hypotheses (drawing heavily upon evidence from the history of art), the author concludes that neither of them alone is sufficient for explaining the characteristics of picture…
The Ethereal Aether
The Master of Light
On Interpreting Pictorial Art
Using J. J. Gibson’s article The Information Available in Pictures published in Leonardo as a point of departure, the author analyzes three hypotheses of pictorial art: (1) the visual, (2) the symbolic and (3) Gibson’s invariants hypothesis. Through a study of the first two hypotheses (drawing heavily upon evidence from the history of art), the author concludes that neither of them alone is sufficient for explaining the characteristics of picture…
On Interpreting Pictorial Art
The Heritage of Apelles
A Discussion of W. A. Adams' "Leonardo" Article Entitled Problems of Pictorial Perception
Either I have totally misunderstood William A. Adams' article [1] or the argument contained in it is completely muddled. Here I shall assume the latter. He begins with an assessment of several well-known hypotheses that have been put forward to explain pictorial perception. He states: 'Philosophically, the question is: What does it mean to say that X represents Y? Empirically, it is: What are the perceptual properties of the display X that lead t…
Problems of Pictorial Perception
Mirror-Image Confusion
Further Reflections on J. J. Gibson's Hypothesis of Picture Perception
more detail his 'ecological' hypothesis of pictorial perception. In a previous article [2] I commented upon some possible flaws in Gibson's hypothesis. Although I believe that, in general, Gibson's hypothesis is one of the more fruitful contemporary analyses of art, his latest formulation still contains, I believe, some problems. 1. Gibson's hypothesis contains at its core the following assumption: the analysis of picture perception should be sep…
Jacob Bronowski
Many have referred to the late Jacob Bronowski (1908-1974) as a Renaissance man in the 20th century. His research and writings spanned a wide range of subjects that cut across both the sciences and the arts: mathematics, physics, biology, anthropology, history of science, philosophy of science, the visual arts, poetry, literature and drama. He was an Honorary Editorial Advisor to Leonardo, a journal that especially gives attention to the interpla…
The Scientific Imagination
Reviewsgiven communities and about relationships existing in them, as indicated by their inheritance customs
The Essential Tension
The Sense of Order
Interrelationships between the Visual Arts, Science and Technology
The authors have prepared a bibliography of texts dealing either explicitly or implicitly with interrelationships between the visual arts, science and technology, but excluding the scientific restoration of art works, the detection of forgeries and the properties and hazards of art materials. The items listed are mainly secondary sources from the 20th century. The authors hope that the bibliography will provide a starting point for a study of thi…
Borromini
Models
1. The Model Muddle: Proposals for an Immodest Realism (1966).- 2. Reduction, Explanation and Ontology (1962).- 3. Models, Metaphysics and the Vagaries of Empiricism (1965).- 4. Metaphysics as Heuristic for Science (1965).- 5. Matter, Action and Interaction (1973).- 6. Towards a Critical Materialism (1971).- 7. The Relation Between Philosophy of Science and History of Science (1977).- 8. Telos and Technique: Models as Modes of Action (1968).- 9. …
The Sense of Order
Science within Art. Exh. Cat
Art and Its Objects
Dr. Frank J. Malina
Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, David R. Topper, Robert I. Goler, Lynn Olson, Edward Zajec, Robert C. Morgan, John Fisher, James A. Goldman, Al Hurwitz, Michele Emmer, Dr. Frank J. Malina, Leonardo, Vol. 15, No. 4 (Autumn, 1982), pp. 334-335
On Creativity and Discovery in the Fine Arts and in the Natural Sciences
Essays on Art and Ontology
Art in the realist ontology of J. J. Gibson
Jacob Bronowski
Interrelationships of the Arts, Sciences and Technology
The authors present a supplement to their previous bibliography, published in Leonardo in 1980, which covered texts dealing either explicitly or implicitly with interrelationships between the visual arts, science and technology. The items listed in the supplement are mainly secondary sources from the twentieth century
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